Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle S12

Women's 50m Freestyle S12 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates	14 September
Competitors	11 from 7 nations
Winning time	27.07
Medalists
Oxana Savchenko  Russia Anna Efimenko  Russia Deborah Font  Spain

Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Women's events
50 m freestyle			S3	S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
100 m freestyle				S4	S5
	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
	S11	S12	S13
200 m freestyle					S5
400 m freestyle	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
			S13
50 m backstroke		S2	S3		S5
100 m backstroke	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10
			S13
100 m breaststroke				SB4	SB5
	SB6	SB7	SB8	SB9
		SB12
50 m butterfly	S6	S7
100 m butterfly			S8	S9	S10
		S12	S13
150 m medley				SM4
200 m medley	SM6	SM7	SM8	SM9	SM10
		SM12	SM13

The women's 50m freestyle S12 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 09:18.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ana Garcia-Arcicollar	Spain	29.00	Q
2	Yuliya Volkova	Ukraine	29.07	Q
3	Karolina Pelendritou	Cyprus	29.09	Q
4	Joanna Mendak	Poland	29.14	Q
5	Belkys Mota	Venezuela	30.28	Q

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Oxana Savchenko	Russia	27.92	Q, WR
2	Deborah Font	Spain	28.93	Q
3	Anna Efimenko	Russia	29.42	Q
4	Patrycja Harajda	Poland	30.69
5	Jacqueline Rennebohm	Canada	31.30
6	Carla Casals	Spain	31.69

Final

Competed at 17:15.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Oxana Savchenko	Russia	27.07	WR
	Anna Efimenko	Russia	27.82
	Deborah Font	Spain	28.23
4	Joanna Mendak	Poland	28.34
5	Karolina Pelendritou	Cyprus	28.72
6	Yuliya Volkova	Ukraine	28.86
7	Ana Garcia-Arcicollar	Spain	28.93
8	Belkys Mota	Venezuela	30.43

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record.

References

• "Heats and Final Results - Women's 50m Freestyle S12". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
• "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2012.